• Source: Genappe

Genappe (French pronunciation: [ʒənap] ; Dutch: Genepiën, Dutch pronunciation: [ɣeːˈneːpijə(n)] ; Walloon: Djinape) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.




Demographics


As of 2023, the municipality of Genappe boasted a population of 14,266 residents. Spanning a total area of 89.57km2 , the region has a population density of 15,26 inhabitants per km2.




History



Although his birthplace was probably Boulogne-sur-Mer, one 13th-century chronicler cites Baisy (now Baisy-Thy in Genappe), as the birthplace of Godfrey of Bouillon, the best-known leader of the First Crusade (1096-1099).




= Postal history

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The Genappe post-office opened before 1830. It used a postal code 48 with bars (before 1864), and 145 with points before 1870. BOUSVAL opened on 8 April 1880.
Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):
- 1470 Genappe
- 1471 Loupoigne
- 1472 Vieux-Genappe
- 1473 Glabais
- 1474 Ways
- 1475 Baisy-Thy
- 1476 Houtain-le-Val
- 1488 Bousval.




Twinned cities


Narborough, United Kingdom
Littlethorpe, United Kingdom
Franklin, Louisiana, United States




See also


List of protected heritage sites in Genappe




References






External links


Media related to Genappe at Wikimedia Commons

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• Daftar museum kentang
• Anne dari Prancis
• Daftar kota-kota di Belgia
• Daftar kode pos di Belgia
• Daftar kota di Walonia
• Daftar kota kembar di Inggris
• Genappe
• Waterloo campaign: Quatre Bras to Waterloo
• Quatre Bras
• Eugène Joseph Delporte
• Waterloo campaign: Waterloo to Paris (18–24 June)
• List of Waterloo Battlefield locations
• Battle of Waterloo
• Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
• Duchy of Brabant
• Dyle (department)